| 23 Jun 2026 | Feature on staying current in the modern music industry: 'Stay on TikTok four hours a day' | MusicAlly | feature |
| 26 May 2026 | Universal Music Group and TikTok unveil new multiyear licensing deal | HR | business deal |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Opinion: drawing the line between marketing and inauthentic growth hacking in a TikTok-shaped culture | TechCrunch | feature |
| 17 Mar 2026 | TikTok partners with Apple Music to play full songs in-app | TechCrunch | partnership |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Members of TikTok's UK music team confirm departures | MusicAlly | feature |
| 24 Feb 2026 | How Phonk became the unconscious hum of YouTube Shorts and TikToks while enriching its creators | NYTimes | feature |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Warner Music reports 14% Q4 2025 subscription revenue growth, signs new TikTok deal | — | business deal |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Tucker Gore examines TikTok mythology and virality recalibration | — | feature |
| 27 Jan 2026 | US TikTok users experience outages under new ownership; aggressive Music Terms of Service changes introduced | — | feature |
| 27 Jan 2026 | TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC officially established with US-based stakeholders | — | business deal |
| 6 Jan 2026 | TikTok signs deal to sell US business to Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX | — | business deal |
| 22 Dec 2025 | TikTok unveils Year in Music Report 2025 | — | feature |
| 24 Nov 2025 | TikTok launches bulletin board feature for creators with 50k+ followers | — | feature |
| 17 Nov 2025 | TikTok virality acceleration: songs now hit 100k posts in 50 days vs 340 in 2020 | — | feature |
| 3 Nov 2025 | EU regulators find TikTok and Meta in breach of rules on illegal or harmful online content | — | legal |
| 27 Oct 2025 | PinkPantheress nominated for TikTok Awards UK & Ireland 2025 Artist award | — | award |
| 13 Oct 2025 | TikTok to livestream all main stage shows from Tomorrowland Brasil | — | partnership |
| 8 Sept 2025 | TikTok launches first-ever large-scale music campaign 'See Where Music Takes You' | — | feature |
| 25 Aug 2025 | TikTok LIVE announces Music On Stage 2025, a global music competition for emerging artists | — | feature |
| 11 Aug 2025 | More than 74m unique viewers watched TikTok LIVE streams from Tomorrowland, breaking record for biggest ever live event | — | chart position |
| 4 Aug 2025 | TikTok's SoundOn and Tomorrowland Music release first track from songwriter camp | — | release |
| 28 Jul 2025 | TikTok beta launches Songwriter Features highlighting songwriters' musical works | — | feature |
| 7 Jul 2025 | TikTok launches updated Fan Club option to gamify viewing experience | — | feature |
| 2 Jun 2025 | SoundCloud and TikTok announce partnership for Add to Music App integration | — | partnership |
| 19 May 2025 | TikTok introduces new Sponsorship Solutions including Pulse Core | — | feature |
| 21 Apr 2025 | TikTok posts using electronic music outgrew indie and alternative for first time in 2024 | — | feature |
| 14 Apr 2025 | TikTok testing TikTok for Artists platform for release campaigns | — | feature |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Trump signs executive order to extend TikTok ban deadline by 75 days | — | legal |
| 10 Mar 2025 | TikTok overhauls desktop functionality to compete with YouTube | — | feature |
| 24 Feb 2025 | TikTok and Luminate Music Impact Report: 84% of Billboard Global 200 songs in 2024 went viral on TikTok first | — | feature |
| 17 Feb 2025 | TikTok parent company quietly launches EasyOde rights-cleared music platform | — | feature |
| 10 Feb 2025 | TikTok launches Behind the Breakthrough content series | — | feature |
| 27 Jan 2025 | TikTok restoring services in US after Trump pledges reprieve on ban | — | feature |
| 20 Jan 2025 | TikTok confirms it will cease US operations by 19 January if ban upheld | — | feature |
| 6 Jan 2025 | TikTok files for emergency injunction pending Supreme Court appeal | — | legal |
| 30 Dec 2024 | TikTok files emergency injunction for Supreme Court appeal | TikTok | legal |
| 23 Dec 2024 | TikTok files for emergency injunction pending Supreme Court appeal | TikTok | legal |
| 16 Dec 2024 | ByteDance files emergency motion to temporarily block TikTok divestiture law ahead of 19 January deadline | BBC | legal |
| 16 Dec 2024 | TikTok releases Music Report 2024 | RotD | feature |
| 11 Nov 2024 | TikTok expanding Add to Music App feature to include album pre-saves | MusicAlly | feature |
| 4 Nov 2024 | US industry bodies call on Congress to pass legislation protecting members from TikTok | MusicAlly | legal |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Impala issues open letter to TikTok seeking cooperative partnership | RotD | partnership |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Ditto Music signs direct deal with TikTok | MBW | business deal |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Round's Will Franklin on how TikTok and Meta are redefining live music event marketing | MW | interview |
| 28 Oct 2024 | TikTok expands #ElectronicMusic hub globally | RotD | feature |
| 21 Oct 2024 | TikTok's decision to disintermediate Merlin and walk away from negotiations to renew its current license has sparked widespread concern across the global music industry | RotD | business deal |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Impala opposes TikTok's attempt to boycott Merlin | RotD | legal |
| 14 Oct 2024 | YouTube takes on TikTok with longer Shorts up to 3 minutes | TechCrunch | feature |
| 29 Jul 2024 | With looming TikTok ban in US, YouTube Shorts growth beginning to outpace TikTok | DMN | feature |
| 8 Jul 2024 | TikTok releases What's Next 2024: In Action report | TikTok | feature |
| 1 Jul 2024 | TikTok is forming an in-house Music Content Investment Team based in Los Angeles, New York, and San Jose | MBW | business deal |
| 1 Jul 2024 | TikTok's music master plan is coming into focus | Midia | feature |
| 7 May 2024 | TikTok and Universal Music Group reach deal to return songs and artists to the app | TechCrunch | partnership |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Impala calls out value gap with TikTok and urges DSPs to address streaming reform consequences | RotD | legal |
| 15 Apr 2024 | TikTok Economic Impact Report claims $600m revenue driven for music industry in 2023 | TikTok | feature |
| 25 Mar 2024 | TikTok parent Bytedance locks down AI-music patents in US, develops model trained on 257,000 hours of songs | MBW | feature |
| 4 Mar 2024 | Paul Hourican leaves TikTok after 4+ years as global head of music operations | Billboard | business deal |
| 4 Mar 2024 | TikTok Add To Music App feature now available in 163 additional countries | TechCrunch | feature |
| 4 Mar 2024 | Seven ways to promote music on TikTok in 2024 | AmplifyYou | feature |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Universal Music Group music removed from TikTok amid licensing dispute | Guardian | legal |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Analysis of TikTok's importance to music industry | Bloomberg | feature |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Maarten Walraven analyzes TikTok vs Universal standoff power dynamics | Substack | feature |
| 12 Feb 2024 | PinkPantheress profile on conquering TikTok and Billboard charts | Guardian | interview |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Alison Wonderland, Metro Boomin respond to UMG TikTok music removal | EDM | feature |
| 29 Jan 2024 | TikTok usage is starting to slow — TikTok Shop potentially to blame | TechCrunch | feature |
| 15 Jan 2024 | The truth about major label deals in the age of TikTok and Spotify | Magnetic | feature |
| 8 Jan 2024 | TikTok In The Mix records 33.5m viewers | TikTok | feature |
| 1 Jan 2024 | TikTok In The Mix records 33.5m viewers including 9.6m watching live | TikTok | feature |
| 4 Dec 2023 | — | — | feature |
| 13 Nov 2023 | TikTok and DistroKid struck a deal | — | partnership |
| 14 Aug 2023 | TikTok launches global music competition for unsigned acts | — | feature |
| 31 Jul 2023 | TikTok is launching a new program, called Elevate, that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists. | TikTok | feature |
| 31 Jul 2023 | Warner Music Group announced a multi-year, multi-product deal which licenses the repertoire of Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music to TikTok, TikTok Music, CapCut, and TikTok's Commercial Music Library. | RotD | business deal |
| 26 Jun 2023 | TikTok launches effect allowing users to create AI songs | — | feature |
| 29 May 2023 | TikTok testing integration with streaming services | MusicAlly | feature |
| 22 May 2023 | TikTok #NewMusic Hub launched | RotD | product launch |
| 17 Apr 2023 | TikTok was 12% of ByteDance's $80bn revenues in 2022 | MusicAlly | financial |
| 17 Apr 2023 | Calvin Harris TikTok UK #ElectronicMusic featured artist for April | RotD | feature |
| 20 Mar 2023 | TikTok Series premium content paywall | TikTok | launch |
| 27 Feb 2023 | Spotify reportedly launching TikTok-style vertically swiped feed | Bloomberg | feature |
| 16 Jan 2023 | Calvin Harris to appear in immersive concert experience on TikTok | RotD | venue event |
| 2 Jan 2023 | TikTok launches What's Next 2023 Trend Report | TikTok | feature |
| 26 Dec 2022 | TikTok tracks streamed less in 2022 than 2020 | Billboard | feature |
| 26 Dec 2022 | TikTok launches What's Next 2023 Trend Report | TikTok | feature |
| 19 Dec 2022 | TikTok UK reports 2022 Year in Music | RotD | feature |
| 12 Dec 2022 | Analysis asks if music industry's love affair with TikTok is dead | Billboard | feature |
| 21 Nov 2022 | The major labels are reportedly demanding a portion of TikTok's advertising income as part of licensing talks | DMN | legal |
| 21 Nov 2022 | Pressure mounts on TikTok over its music royalties payments | MusicAlly | legal |
| 14 Nov 2022 | TikTok Music service references discovered in Resso streaming app | Techcrunch | feature |
| 24 Oct 2022 | Ole Obermann, global head of music at TikTok and ByteDance, discusses the business | TMN | interview |
| 24 Oct 2022 | TikTok Music could change the game - analysis | Midia | feature |
| 10 Oct 2022 | Analysis reveals 63.8% of TikTok breakout hits in H1 2022 achieved success through organic posting | RotD | feature |
| 15 Aug 2022 | Ticketmaster and TikTok partner for event ticket discovery | TechCrunch | partnership |
| 8 Aug 2022 | TikTok added 'Pre-Release' feature to its SoundOn distribution service | — | feature |
| 4 Jul 2022 | Music labels are spending a bit too much time on TikTok | Bloomberg | feature |
| 27 Jun 2022 | Electronic Music is in a social rut. TikTok might just save it. | RA | feature |
| 3 Jun 2022 | TikTok launched #ElectronicMusic hashtag as second in series of evergreen Genre Hashtags on TikTok UK | TikTok | feature |
| 30 May 2022 | TikTok launches new creator attribution tools including video caption tagging | TechCrunch | feature |
| 30 May 2022 | TikTok has changed music — and the industry is hustling to catch up | NPR | feature |
| 25 Apr 2022 | TikTok launches Effect House AR development platform | — | feature |
| 25 Apr 2022 | Analysis of TikTok Creator Fund payouts | — | feature |
| 18 Apr 2022 | American Songwriter article on creating TikTok songs and playing to the algorithm | — | feature |
| 28 Mar 2022 | TuneCore picked as distribution partner for TikTok's SoundOn | — | partnership |
| 21 Mar 2022 | TikTok launched SoundOn, an all-in-one platform for music marketing and distribution, paying 100% of royalties in first year and 90% after, launching in US, UK, Brazil, Indonesia | RotD | feature |
| 31 Jan 2022 | TikTok testing support for paid subscriptions | TechCrunch | feature |
| 10 Jan 2022 | TikTok testing TikTok Live Studio | TechCrunch | feature |
| 27 Dec 2021 | TikTok testing live streaming desktop app TikTok Live Studio | TechCrunch | feature |
| 21 Dec 2021 | TikTok is testing a live streaming desktop app - TikTok Live Studio | TechCrunch | feature |
| 20 Dec 2021 | TikTok releases year in review including The Playlist | TikTok | feature |
| 29 Nov 2021 | Bicep and This Is Music win Innovation award at Artist & Manager Awards 2021 | RotD | award |
| 8 Nov 2021 | TikTok testing in-app tipping feature for creators | TechCrunch | feature |
| 18 Oct 2021 | Emerging DJs using TikTok | Mixmag | feature |
| 18 Oct 2021 | TikTok announces new Sound Partners | TikTok | partnership |
| 5 Oct 2021 | TikTok lined up NFT drop with top creators including Lil Nas X, Grimes and Bella Poarch | TechCrunch | release |
| 13 Sept 2021 | Beatport launches TikTok Transitions campaign | https://beatportal.com | feature |
| 30 Aug 2021 | How TikTok chooses which songs go viral | Bloomberg | feature |
| 16 Aug 2021 | How to make your music go viral on TikTok | — | feature |
| 2 Aug 2021 | TikTok releases music discovery statistics | — | feature |
| 16 Apr 2021 | Jayda G to take over National Geographic's first-ever TikTok Live for afterparty DJ set | EDM | feature |
| 17 Mar 2021 | SoundCloud adds direct distribution to TikTok for artists | MBW | partnership |
| 10 Mar 2021 | TikTok launches SoundOn music distribution service in Brazil, Indonesia and UK | MBW | feature |
| 28 Dec 2020 | Article on what musicians need to know about getting music to go viral on TikTok | Musiio - Ysabel Wong | feature |
| 28 Dec 2020 | TikTok's year end music report shows over 70 new acts have landed major-label record deals in the past year after blowing up on the platform. More than 170 songs surpassed 1bn views as TikTok Sounds | TikTok | feature |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Apple Clips app adds vertical video support for TikTok sharing | — | feature |
| 2 Nov 2020 | TikTok strikes deal with Shopify | — | partnership |
| 16 Oct 2020 | Songfluencer uses analytics for TikTok marketing | — | feature |
| 5 Oct 2020 | How TikTok has changed the music industry | — | feature |
| 11 Sept 2020 | David Guetta and Sia premiere new single Let's Love on TikTok ahead of release | — | release |
| 7 Sept 2020 | Triller makes $20bn offer for TikTok assets | Reuters | business deal |
| 7 Sept 2020 | TikTok to enable creators to sell merchandise directly via app | Verge | partnership |
| 31 Aug 2020 | TikTok's music team assists amid US uncertainty | — | feature |
| 17 Aug 2020 | TikTok marketing companies and record deals | — | feature |
| 10 Aug 2020 | Instagram Reels launches globally across 50 countries | TechCrunch | release |
| 3 Aug 2020 | Triller raising $200-300m to fuel expansion amid TikTok influencer deals | — | funding |
| 20 Jan 2020 | TikTok second-most downloaded app in 2019 | MBW | feature |
| 24 May 2019 | ByteDance develops paid music service for emerging markets with Indian label rights | — | business deal |
| 15 Apr 2019 | Major record labels demand higher payments from TikTok | — | business deal |